Tag: #WrongfulDeath

Adams v. Mt. Lebanon Operations

The Pennsylvania Superior Court affirmed the order overruling Mt. Lebanon Operations’ preliminary objections requesting a transfer to binding arbitration of wrongful death and survival claims. Mt. Lebanon argued that an arbitration provision was valid

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Marino v. Abex Corp.

The New Jersey Appellate Division affirmed the lower court’s judgment, which awarded the plaintiff damages for her mother’s death due to peritoneal mesothelioma. The plaintiff sued Ford and seven other

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Albert v. Sheeley’s Drug Store, Inc.

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court affirmed the trial court’s application of the in pari delicto doctrine, which precludes plaintiffs from recovering damages if their cause of action is based at least

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Rogers v. Thomas

In Rogers v. Thomas, the Pennsylvania Superior Court heard an appeal from a case that began as a criminal matter. One of the three defendants shot and killed two men

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McMichael v. McMichael

In McMichael v. McMichael, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court gave quality primers on the difference between a survival action and a wrongful death action as well as the difference between economic

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